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PostgreSQL 10 Administration Cookbook - Fourth Edition
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PostgreSQL 10 Administration Cookbook - Fourth Edition

by Simon Riggs, Gianni Ciolli
May 2018
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
576 pages
30h 25m
English
Packt Publishing
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How to do it…

Here are the points you should consider when naming your database objects:

  1. The name follows the existing standards and practices in place. Inventing new standards isn't helpful; enforcing existing standards is.
  2. The name clearly describes the role or table contents.
  3. For major tables, use short, powerful names.
  4. Name lookup tables after the table to which they are linked, such as account_status.
  5. For associative or linked tables, use all the names of the major tables to which they relate, such as customer_account.
  6. Make sure that the name is clearly distinct from other similar names.
  7. Use consistent abbreviations.
  8. Use underscores. Casing is not preserved by default, so using CamelCase names, such as customerAccount, as used in Java ...
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